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| Man is a knot into which relationships are tied. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, |
| Having someone wonder where you are when you don’t come home at night is a very old human need. ~ Margaret Mead |
| Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~ Swedish Proverb |
| Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand. ~ Emily Kimbrough |
There’s one sad truth in life I’ve found
While journeying east and west -
The only folks we really wound
Are those we love the best.
We flatter those we scarcely know,
We please the fleeting guest,
And deal full many a thoughtless blow
To those who love us best.
~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox |
| Don’t smother each other. No one can grow in the shade. ~ Leo Buscaglia |
| For lack of an occasional expression of love, a relationship strong at the seams can wear thin in the middle. ~ Robert Brault |
| Oh, the comfort – the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person – having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away. ~ Dinah Craik, |
| If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting? ~ Stephen Levine |
| Sometimes it is the person closest to us who must travel the furthest distance to be our friend. ~ Robert Brault |
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Sticks and stones are hard on bones
Aimed with angry art,
Words can sting like anything
But silence breaks the heart.
~ Phyllis McGinley |
| Assumptions are the termites of relationships. ~ Henry Winkler |
| I like her because she smiles at me and means it. ~ Anonymous |
| Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings. ~ Miles Franklin |
| In the end, who among us does not choose to be a little less right to be a little less lonely. ~ Robert Brault |
| You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you. ~ Frederick Buechner |
| Present your family and friends with their eulogies now – they won’t be able to hear how much you love them and appreciate them from inside the coffin. ~ Anonymous |
| Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh!" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh’s paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you." ~ A.A. Milne |
| I felt it shelter to speak to you. ~ Emily Dickinson |
| Are we not like two volumes of one book? ~ Marceline Desbordes-Valmore |
| Trouble is part of your life, and if you don’t share it, you don’t give the person who loves you enough chance to love you enough. ~ Dinah Shore |
| Lust is easy. Love is hard. Like is most important. ~ Carl Reiner |
| Basically, the only thing we need is a hand that rests on our own, that wishes it well, that sometimes guides us. ~ Hector Bianciotti, |
| Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ~ Marcel Proust |
| When something is missing in your life, it usually turns out to be someone. ~ Robert Brault |
| To know when to go away and when to come closer is the key to any lasting relationship. ~ Doménico Cieri Estrada |
| Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same. ~ Flavia Weedn |
| No road is long with good company. ~ Turkish Proverb |
| If fame were based on kindness instead of popularity, on understanding and not on worldwide attention, you would be the biggest celebrity on earth. And to my heart, you already are. ~ Anonymous |
| Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down. ~ Oprah Winfrey |